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The Supervillains' sound isn't one that will shake the foundations of ska, reggae or punk, but the Orlando-based band draw from those genres vibrantly and competently enough to produce a respectable combination. Dominic “Dom” Maresco and Scott “Skart” Suldo started playing together when they were 16 and formed the band well more than a decade ago. …
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UPDATE, FEB. 21, 5:02 P.M.: When we last checked into the Frog House, the legendary surf shop was working with the city to remain in the west Newport Beach spot it has darkened since 1962. But there is one thing you can say without reservation about the city of Newport Beach: It's not the …
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The chairman of a Boston-based investment-management firm predicts dark days ahead for Corinthian Colleges Inc. of Santa Ana. ] “Particularly risky is Corinthian Colleges Inc. of Santa Ana, California, which gets 90 percent of its revenue from the federal government, according to Barclays Capital,” John Dorfman writes in his regular Bloomberg news service column. …
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CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE ON STUDENT CONDUCT OFFICE RULING AGAINST JESSE CHENG UPDATE, FEB. 21, 12:07 P.M.: As promised, UC student regent and UC Irvine campus leader Jesse Cheng has issued a statement regarding his sexual-battery arrest, the lack of criminal charges filed against him and the motivations of his accuser going public with …
Earlier this week, Foreign Policy published a somewhat tongue-in-cheek essay in which the author argued that the United States treats foreign cattle better than it does immigrants. According to the piece, the United States imported more than two million cattle last year, and the government did everything possible to make it even easier to bring …
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Planning a wedding in the current economy can be a rough one. You want your event to be nice, classy even, but you don't want to break the bank. The best way to save a wad of cash? Enter the DIY dragon. But beware, and choose your do-it-yourself adventures wisely. You don't want your alcoholic …
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One Christmas, we received a gift card for Mozambique in Laguna Beach, that South African fine-dining restaurant/reggae bar that old-timers still remember as the original Tortilla Flats. We enjoyed the dinner, but I usually don't give the place much thought–and then I accidentally clicked on an ad last week. The ad redirected me to to …
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Two groups of men at Mariscos la Ola restaurant in Santa Ana Sunday night argued over whose state in Mexico was better. The flap spilled into the parking lot on East McFadden Avenue, and then a fistfight broke out. Esteban Navarrete, 35, was inside dining with his wife and a friend. As Navarrete got …
This seems like it could be fun: Something called Sunday Night Chef Fights is coming to Huntington Beach–when else?–this Sunday night. Chefs. Fight. Yeah! ] It's essentially a live version of–take your pick–Iron Chef America or Chopped. If you see the video above, the participating chefs must use eggs, radishes and couscous in their dish, …
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True Food Kitchen has been on my sights for an On the Line for months. Here we finally catch up with its motorcycle-riding executive chef, Nathan Coulon, who–apart from cooking dishes under the guidelines set by a physician (Dr. Andrew Weil has his name and approval all over the restaurant)–has the most unusual answer for …
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Last week, the World Health Organization released its massive Global Status Report On Alcohol and Health 2011. It's a fascinating read that breaks down the drinking habits of most of the countries in the world, along with morbidity rates and other fun stats. But for our purposes, we care about the two greatest countries on …
UPDATE, FEB. 15, 2:03 P.M.: 32-year-old Santos Basilio O'Dell waived extradition in Santa Ana and is expected to be transported to Arizona to face charges of raping a teenage girl there in 2004. Authorities in Chandler, Arizona, say a DNA sample taken from O'Dell in Orange County links him to the case that will …